India trail England 1-2 in the 5-match Test series after playing 3 Test matches. Interestingly, India have lost both Tests where Bumrah has played. In fact, records show that India have won 70 per cent of the Tests that Bumrah does not play, and only win a little over 40 per cent of the games when Bumrah is in the team.
As experts and fans try and analyse this unique statistic, former Australia captain Greg Chappell has said that India must end their obsession with Jasprit Bumrah. In a column at ESPNcricinfo, Chappell said that cricket is a team sport, and India can only win matches on the day they turn up as a unit.
He said that the conversation on Jasprit Bumrah takes away from that point and focuses on the wrong things in a high-pressure series.
"And a word on Bumrah: the obsession with whether he plays or doesn't is missing the point. India have won plenty of Tests without him recently. The key is not individual brilliance, it's collective performance. Teams win when everyone does their job. When the captain makes sure each player is clear, confident, and committed to the plan. That's the formula," Greg Chappell said.
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